was a permanent and fortified station. It stood to
the east of the Viminal and Quirinal hills, between the present Porta Pia
and S. Lorenzo, where there is a quadrangular projection in the city walls
marking the site. The remains of the Amphitheatrum Castrense stand
between the Porta Maggiore and S. Giovanni, formerly without the ancient
walls, but now included in the line. It is all of brick, even the
Corinthian pillars, and seems to have been but a rude structure, suited to
the purpose for which it was built, the amusement of the soldiers, and
gymnastic exercises. For this purpose they were used to construct
temporary amphitheatres near the stations in the distant provinces, which
were not built of stone or brick, but hollow circular spots dug in the
ground, round which the spectators sat on the declivity, on ranges of
seats cut in the sod. Many vestiges of this kind have been traced in
Britain.]

[Footnote 422: The Isthmus of Corinth; an enterprize which had formerly
been attempted by Demetrius, and which was also projected by Julius
Caesar, c. xliv., and Nero, c. xix.; but they all failed of accomplishing
it.]

[Footnote 423: On the authority of Dio Cassius and the Salmatian
manuscript, this verse from Homer is substituted for the common reading,
which is,

Eis gaian Danaon perao se.

Into the land of Greece I will transport thee.]

[Footnote 424: Alluding, in the case of Romulus, to the rape of the
Sabines; and in that of Augustus to his having taken Livia from her
husband.--AUGUSTUS, c. lxii.]

[Footnote 425: Selene was the daughter of Mark Antony by Cleopatra.]

[Footnote 426: See c. xii.]

[Footnote 427: The vast area of the Roman amphitheatres had no roof, but
the audience were protected against the sun and bad weather by temporary
hangings stretched over it.]

[Footnote 428: A proverbial expression, meaning, without distinction.]

[Footnote 429: The islands off the coast of Italy, in the Tuscan sea and
in the Archipelago, were the usual places of banishment. See before, c.
xv.; and in TIBERIUS, c. liv., etc.]

[Footnote 430: Anticyra, an island in the Archipelago, was famous for the
growth of hellebore. This plant being considered a remedy for insanity,
the proverb arose--Naviga in Anticyram, as much as to say, "You are mad."]

[Footnote 431: Meaning the province in Asia, called Galatia, from the
Gauls who conquered it, and occupied it jointly with the Greek colon